When did cutting a round cake in half and standing it on the cut side become a good idea? Just what does that make? Oh, I know, someone sold half a two layer cake and the other half fell over, so they iced the bottom. Yeah, we'll call it ... a ... no clue.

I can understand making a mistake. Yes, even I have made a few. Thank heavens for spell check. But, doesn't anyone else work in these stores? Doesn't anyone take a second look and say, "Oh Delilah! I flubbed up!"?

OMG, I am so glad I found your blog. I literally LOL everytime you post these ridiculous pictures! But you're gonna get me in trouble - I'm supposed to be working, not blogging. My co-workers know I'm goofing off when they hear me laughing.

LOVED the spelling bee typo! At least the bakery did a cupcake mosaic rather than a CCC.

I guess the Clas of 2009 didn't do well enough to warrant a full, hearty, congratulations? just a half "s"-ed one?

I think the wreckerator was dreaming of something else being big, based on those icing blobs ;)

C1ASS Off: is this some kind of card game? I'll see you 1 "ass" off to university/the work force, and you'll up the ante? Or else, was this only one person graduating, or was there only one ass in the class?

I saw a gift bag at Wal-Greens that said "Congradulations" and I told my boyfriend I refused to buy it because of the spelling. I might be ok with it if they put the "grad" part a different color or put quotes around it to show that they are doing a play on words and are aware of the misspelling.

I work at the store that made the spelling bee one. Considering I didn't take the order or make the cake (I did get to deal w/ the aftermath), I can easily chuckle about showing this off to the rest of the bakery! That, and I have a pic of another cake we gloriously misspelled I keep meaning to send in.

"Class of Travis" seriously made me about spit out my drink. With regards to the "clas" cake, I can just picture the Wreckerator with the dictionary, spelling out congratulations so carefully, and then going back to dot whatever sort of looks like an "I" afterward because they're just so proud of themselves.

I think it is supposed to be a cursive G in the last pic (with the generic graduate), but the writing pen got away with the poor baker. So it swirled out to look like a Gj. It has happened to me sometimes, but then, I don't get paid for my cake creations ;) Not sure why I'm defending the wrecks!

The bit about homeschooling made me giggle, because I'm homeschooled and I'm graduating in a week. We ordered my cake today and it's a cupcake cake (yes, yes, I know) but this place makes great CCCs, I swear! I'm going to be sending you a picture as proof :P

Boy do those ever make me glad I graduated years ago.. would hate to imagine the horrors I would get today. Oh I don't have to imagine it I can just look on here in abject terror and laugh as other people get these cakes lol. Ok not laugh but feel bad for.. as I try not to giggle.

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